Record of Observation or Review of Teaching Practice         

 

Session/artefact to be observed/reviewed:

Size of student group:

Observer: Billie Vine

Observee:Samuel Adigun

 

Note: This record is solely for exchanging developmental feedback between colleagues. Its reflective aspect informs PgCert and Fellowship assessment, but it is not an official evaluation of teaching and is not intended for other internal or legal applications such as probation or disciplinary action.

Part One
Observee to complete in brief and send to observer prior to the observation or review:

What is the context of this session/artefact within the curriculum?

Introduction to Mobile Journalism

How long have you been working with this group and in what capacity?

2 years as specialist technician

What are the intended or expected learning outcomes?

To understand the capacities and best practices for shooting factual contents using only a mobile device.

What are the anticipated outputs (anything students will make/do)?

To shoot on a later date, a ‘VT’ to be later used in a live studio session

Are there potential difficulties or specific areas of concern?

How will students be informed of the observation/review?

What would you particularly like feedback on?

How will feedback be exchanged?

Part Two

Observer to note down observations, suggestions and questions:

This lesson will effectively challenge students’ assumptions about the need for high-end and expensive devices for professional journalism. You have anticipated that your students might be disappointed to use phones over expensive equipment and you have pre-emptively addressed this by highlighting the prevalence of mobile phones in professional contexts such as modern journalism practices. 

You demonstrate this with original material which is your own. This will show them that you have first-hand experience in this field and will hold their attention. It will also link the subject to industry practices more directly, and show them how mobile phones can be used professionally. You clearly state the objectives at the beginning of the class letting students know exactly what they will be doing. This is always helpful and I think it leads to greater understanding and participation (this is something that I want to make sure I do as sometimes I forget).

You keep them engaged by asking them to feedback on which shots they think are captured using a mobile phone which breaks up the pace of the class.

I think there might be some slides missing in the set you gave me as I remember seeing some pages on specifically settings for using a mobile phone which would be very useful for students and this class as this may differ from using a film camera.

The images you use clearly show the subject you are discussing, but some of them seem a little generic and I wonder if there is an opportunity to use some of your own images (screen grabs) as you have got some really nice examples of you own work in there which feels a lot more engaging and would help to personalise the lesson. I think this is especially true of the basics of framing slides, which is very good but could perhaps be enhanced with different images, the lighting and exposure slide (would you be able to find stills from your mobile journalism?), and the rule of 5 shots slide.

Reflecting on this makes me realise this is something that I can implement into my own slides as well (as I often use images from google) as I think it makes the class more personalised and engaging.

Perhaps putting a summary at the end will help tie it all together and also details of the task they are going to be asked to do so that it is clear for them.

All in all this looks like a really engaging and hands on topic and is something that will be valuable to students learning journey!

Part Three

Observee to reflect on the observer’s comments and describe how they will act on the feedback exchanged:

Thanks Billie for taking time to give the constructive feedbacks. 

I am particularly happy that you have asked me to come share this teaching with your students sometimes later.

Learning Outcome

I agree with you that sharing the learning outcome from the beginning and keeping abreast of it is such an effective way to maximise the available short time for the teaching. I often have the tendencies to keep drawing from my ten years experience on the field which usually lead to ineffective time management and consequently not being able to do justice to all that was set out to be done within the session. 

Misen Slides

Your attention to details is quite amazing as you have noticed that there were some misen slides from the slides I handed out to you ahead of the session.

I did a last minute adjustment based on observation from my previous sessions that it will be nice to have the screenshot of the appropriate settings included in the slides. This will help the students in a future referencing. 

I will resend to you the new presentation and ensure that the updated document is shared with students in every session.

Generic Images

You have advised that I use realistic images from my portfolio rather than the stock images for demonstrations and explanation. I agree with you and will effect the changes in subsequent workshops. 

Call to Action

You have advised that I round up the session with a summary a specific call to action on the next steps of the practical session. This is quite valuable and it is well noted.